Dry Roasted Oat-Poha Chevdo

      Dry Roasted Oat - Poha Chevdo- A gilt free, super easy and non-time consuming snack

I am not a big fan of our Indian snacks because most of them are either deep fried or made of white flour. Nowadays I like to munch something in afternoon with my cinnamon coffee. So here is healthy version of a traditional Poha chevdo. Try it, you will love it.

Ingredients:

1. Old Fashioned Large Flake Oats - 2 cups

2. Thick Poha - 2 Cups

3. Oil - 2 Tbsp.

4. Peanuts – 1 cup

5. Black Raisins - 1 cup

6. Brown sesame seeds - 2 Tbsp.

8. Coriander seeds (hand crushed) - 2 Tbsp.

9. Chopped Green chilies – 1 to 2 (you can add more or omit)

10. Curry leaves – 10 to 12 leaves

11. Turmeric powder – 1 to 2 tsp.

12. Red chili powder – 1 to 2 tsp (depend on your taste)

13. Salt as per your taste

14. Sugar 1 tsp (optional, I did not use)

Method:

1.In a large skillet take Oats and put on stove on medium heat

2.After couple of minutes add clean poha and keep stirring until its completely roasted and taste to see if it is crunchy, it takes 8 to 10 minutes

3.Empty into another container

4.In same skillet add oil, sesame seeds, crushed coriander seeds, peanuts, raisins, chopped chili, curry leaves and sauté for 3 to 4 minutes, or until fragrance of ingredients comes out

5.Add turmeric powder and red chili powder, mix well and add Oats and poha mixture, add salt as per your taste, stir well for 3 to 4 minutes and turn off stove

Note: You can use cashew, almonds and Dalia too, here I don’t want to make dry fruits Chevdo so I have not added other dry fruits.